im just saying, the reasons he is giving don't sound like reasonable cause and it doesn't seem like something he can back-peddle away from.

Well it might not seem right, but it's perfectly legit to fire someone because policy will make it so you can't afford them.

What would be nice is if he weren't using politics as a scapegoat to turn him into a "reluctant" asshole.

If you can't afford to keep people on, fine. Own up to it and say "Due to budgetary changes we're forced to lay off X number of people". Don't say "Due to Obamacare we're going to have to lay off X number of people".

aren't these practices technically illegal due to firing without reasonable cause?

No. Welcome to "at will employment" and self-regulation. You can be fired at any time and no reason need be given. In exchange for this precarious state of affairs, you theoretically can quit at any time (but you better give 2 weeks notice if you don't want to be blackballed).

No. Welcome to "at will employment" and self-regulation. You can be fired at any time and no reason need be given. In exchange for this precarious state of affairs, you theoretically can quit at any time (but you better give 2 weeks notice if you don't want to be blackballed).

Yes, "at-will" employment is so fucking terrible.

Employees and employers both have rights. An employee has the right to not be discriminated against. An employer has the right to not pay for employees he can't afford.

If Schnatter doesn't think he can afford employees he's well within his rights to fire them.

Of all the places I've had pizza, and I've had a lot, the worst pizza I ever had was the Papa Johns I had at Six Flags. Only time in my life I was grateful a slice of pizza was so small.

I've never had Papa Johns but I have had Dominos' 1.0.

That shit was terrible. It was like if they spread a cardboard disc with tomato ketchup and dropped some USDA rejected cheese on it and covered the whole thing with salt to mask the flavor.

It was so bad that the next time I went over a friend's house and they said they were ordering Dominos I told them I'd already eaten. Truth was I hadn't actually eaten that day and it was 2 AM before I finally had some food.

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Originally Posted by undercovergnome

then we should increase the income tax for the top bracket to teach them a lesson

I hear raising taxes on a group of people because a minority of them "needs to be taught a lesson" is a sane course of action.

That shit was terrible. It was like if they spread a cardboard disc with tomato ketchup and dropped some USDA rejected cheese on it and covered the whole thing with salt to mask the flavor.

It was so bad that the next time I went over a friend's house and they said they were ordering Dominos I told them I'd already eaten. Truth was I hadn't actually eaten that day and it was 2 AM before I finally had some food.

I feel like you're exaggerating. I've had Domino's pre-revamp, and it wasn't nearly that bad. It was shit, don't get me wrong, but it wasn't what you described.

The only place I've ever had what you described (no exaggeration) was at a roller rink when I was 12.

Well, people are free to vote with their wallets, and buy pizza elsewhere.
I recommend a local pizza shop.

I was about to say all chains suck, except for the romeo's near my place, really excellent pizza, don't know if it's the same for others though.

On topic: it just seems so ridiculous that they have the audacity to say they'll layoff people when they got bank accounts just full of money that they don't even need. Now if they were actually to report losses because of this (which I think would be highly unlikely) then it would seem that they were already in trouble to begin with.

People simply love scapegoats, especially when they can fingerwag from the comfort of castles.

What's really happening in the big picture is that the never ending chase for capitalistic 'efficiency', which places a higher importance on shareholders than employees, is coming around to bite everyone in the ass since there's no artificial bubble out there right now to mask it.

Reap what you sow.

Also, Papa John's pizza is terrible.

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